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Well, even if you wouldn’t, there’s a story which inspires hope — intentionally confronting the law and power by turning the tables on Big Carbon, at trial, for endangering life on Earth. The drama of real life, beyond mere entertainment!

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An open letter to my Congressman, and yours: I am a veteran who risked my life for four years defending this nation. I own a few guns, which is my right under our Constitution. But rights come saddled with duties. You, sir, have not served; but you do have a duty of care […]

Dear Google, Clearly, you don’t know me. This morning I was briefly tempted to leave a comment on a respected blog, but was required to login by any number of social media; but I don’t belong. As I rarely use your search engine, and availed myself many years ago of your kind offer to expunge […]

Recently there was a lecture hosted at Merida English Library in which a highly-educated and experienced water engineer, born in Merida many years ago, explained the alarming decline of Merida’s pristine underground water. In early December there was also a major article in the newspaper, Diario de Yucatan, on this same topic. (The Diario article is presently […]

I love good stories. I love to read them and think about them. So, I was distressed when, in grad’ school, a teaching assistant suggested I read a book titled How to Read a Book. ¿Did he think I was illiterate? (I complied, of course.) And maybe I learned something about reading between the lines, and […]

¿ Would you risk a long prison term to save the planet ? Well, even if you wouldn’t, there’s a story which inspires hope — intentionally confronting the law and power by turning the tables on Big Carbon, at trial, for endangering life on Earth. The drama of real life, beyond mere entertainment!